Terence “Bud” Crawford has confirmed Conor McGregor’s current claims that the 2 of them have been in talks to struggle one another in each boxing and MMA.
In keeping with Crawford, Saudi boxing energy dealer Turki Alalshikh was the one making an attempt to place the deal collectively, however the entire thing fell aside as a result of Crawford was extraordinarily conscious of how badly he’d get overwhelmed up in MMA.
“I informed Conor to himself, I mentioned, ‘Hell naw!’” Bud mentioned on a current episode of Bernie Tha Boxer. “They supplied me the struggle, me and Conor bought on the telephone and began politicking to try to determine one thing out. I simply informed him, ‘Man, I’m not getting in no f—ing octagon with you so that you might be kicking me and elbowing me and s—.’”
“And so he will get to laughing and s—. He’s like, ‘Man, I respect that since you respect my sport similar to I respect your sport. You perceive that for those who get within the octagon with me, you’re going to be at an obstacle. Similar to if I get within the boxing ring with you, I’m going to be at an obstacle.’”
Even the prospect of constructing “a whole lot of hundreds of thousands” wasn’t sufficient to alter Crawford’s thoughts, as a result of Crawford is without doubt one of the finest boxers on the earth and already making that large boy cash with out getting whupped within the cage by McGregor. And boxing followers appear much less keen to maintain you within the elite circle the place that cash is made for those who endure a devastating loss.
“He was like, ‘However we’ll make a sh*t ton of cash!’” Crawford mentioned with amusing. “I mentioned, ‘Yeah, generally it ain’t concerning the cash.’ I can become profitable, however you ain’t about to be kicking me, dude. Them kicks and elbows, that s— ain’t no joke. We’d have made a s— ton of cash.”
Now we’ve to marvel: what else may Turki Alalshikh and Conor McGregor be making an attempt to cook dinner up, and was UFC within the loop relating to Crawford talks? The UFC occasion arising in Saudi Arabia for February 2025 has abruptly gotten a complete lot extra fascinating to us.
